Men’s handball recap, July 31: France ties Egypt at the buzzer
The men’s handball competition continues with six preliminary round matches on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics.
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Storm disrupts high-speed trains from Paris, leaving travelers stranded during Olympics
PARIS (AP) — A storm Wednesday interrupted all high-speed train traffic connecting Paris to the southeast of the country as well as Switzerland in both directions, France’s rail company said, leaving thousands of travelers stranded amid the Olympics and departures for summer vacation. The SNCF said all the fast trains leaving from and arriving at
Continue Reading South Korean military intel official arrested for allegedly leaking secrets, reportedly on spies
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Defense Ministry says a civilian employee in its military intelligence command has been arrested for allegedly leaking military secrets. Tuesday’s arrest came after local media reports speculate the leaked information was about South Korean spies operating abroad and that it may have been sent to North
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Great Britain’s Alex Yee stuns NZ’s Hayden Wilde with last-minute surge for triathlon gold
Great Britain’s Alex Yee astonished New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde, and the world, with a last-minute surge that upgraded his Tokyo silver to Paris gold.
Continue Reading Hong Kong hits back at Italy’s protest against fencer Cheung’s win with posts on pineapple pizza
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long’s victory over Italy’s Filippo Macchi at the Paris Olympics has sparked an exchange of insults on social media, with Cheung’s supporters celebrating his win with posts about pineapple pizzas—widely considered a culinary blunder in Italian cooking. Cheung made history on Tuesday by beating Macchi
Continue Reading Paris Olympics tennis players’ dirty little secret is that clay gets everywhere and is hard to clean
AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Tennis players competing on the kind of red clay courts being used at the Paris Olympics this week know that it’s pretty much impossible to keep clothes — especially white socks — and footwear clean while running around on what’s really dust from crushed red bricks. Some will just
Continue Reading Edmunds: The best cars you can still get with a manual transmission
Edmunds Decades ago, the standard transmission was a manual, while that newfangled automatic was optional. In today’s vehicles, automatic transmissions help a vehicle get better fuel economy and acceleration than traditional manual transmissions. Many performance cars don’t even come with a manual transmission anymore. But there’s still a level of satisfaction you get when driving
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China perfectly in-sync in dominant women’s synchro platform gold medal performance; U.S. finishes sixth
As great as they are separately, China’s Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi were equally as great together on Wednesday in Paris, tearing up the hearts of their competition on the way to gold in the women’s synchro platform finals.
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Italy and Brazil make history with Olympic team medals in women’s gymnastics
During the women’s team final, the U.S. team stole the show. But the rest of the podium made history as Italy won its first Olympic medal in 96 years and Brazil won its first Olympic medal ever.
Continue Reading Japan’s top automaker Toyota acknowledges more certification cheating and apologizes
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota has reported more cases of cheating on certification tests for new models required by the Japanese government, on top of others acknowledged earlier. In Wednesday’s report, Toyota said it failed to carry out proper certification on seven models, including the Camry sedan and RAV 4 sport utility vehicle.
Continue Reading Russian military begins 3rd round of drills to train troops in tactical nuclear weapons
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has begun a third round of drills with tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin’s messaging intended to force the West to limit its support for Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said the drills that started Wednesday will feature units of the central and southern military districts armed with
Continue Reading BBC shocked at ‘abhorrent’ conduct of former news presenter who had indecent images of children
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC says it is shocked at the “abhorrent” behavior of its former top news presenter Huw Edwards, who has admitted to accessing indecent images of children sent to him by a man via the WhatsApp messaging service. During a 26-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London on
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Volleyball recap, July 31: A wild day five provides the two best matches of the Olympics so far
Poland defeated Brazil in the match of the tournament to this point to kick off an exciting fifth day of action in the 2024 Paris Olympics volleyball tournament
Continue Reading Inflation ticks up in Europe, complicating the European Central Bank’s next move
AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro ticked up to 2.6% in July, stubbornly above the European Central Bank’s target and complicating the ECB’s next decision on whether to cut interest rates and boost growth as the economy struggles to stage a convincing recovery from more
Continue Reading Biden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints Harris as weak on border
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is prodding Congress to help him do more to combat the scourge of fentanyl before he leaves office. The Democratic administration is making the new policy push as Republican former President Donald Trump steps up attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, painting her as Biden’s feckless lieutenant
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Men’s field hockey recap: Dutch draw with Britain, India’s Harmanpreet scores again
World No. 2 Great Britain held top-ranked Netherlands to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday, but the gold medal-favorite Dutch still sit atop Pool A. Plus, check out a quick recap of the rest of Tuesday’s men’s field hockey matches.
Continue Reading Israel has a long history of targeted killings. Here’s a look at some of them
JERUSALEM (AP) — A pair of strikes on top militant commanders in Beirut and Tehran has escalated tensions in a region already on edge and adds to a long list of targeted killings attributed to Israel. Hamas said Israel was behind the assassination of its supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran’s capital, although there was
Continue Reading Washington, DC, sues StubHub, saying the resale platform inflates ticket prices with deceptive fees
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued StubHub on Wednesday, accusing the ticket resale platform of advertising deceptively low prices and then ramping up prices with extra fees. The practice known as “drip pricing” violates consumer protection laws in the nation’s capital, Attorney General Brian Schwalb said. “StubHub intentionally hides
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Cassandre Beaugrand wins gold for France in women’s triathlon at Paris Olympics
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, France’s Cassandre Beaugrand earned gold for her home country in the women’s triathlon.
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Team USA’s Beiwen Zhang advances to Round of 16
Team USA’s best chance at a badminton medal is heading to the knockout rounds as Beiwen Zhang won both of her matches in Group K, cruising past Tiffany Ho then outlasting Nguyen Thuy Lin.
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